Aayushi A. Shah is a South Asian writer/filmmaker based in New York City. Her award-winning screenplays, THE REST IS SILENCE, STRANGE THINGS WILL HAPPEN, and THE PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE, having gained much success in national as well as international film festivals, are the foundation of multiple character-driven, fiercely personal stories featuring messy, meditative women that she's currently writing. Aayushi's writing has also been published in internationally well-read publications, and her work has been significantly featured in the press both in India and in the US.